Table 3.

Selective versus Routine episiotomy: maternal (weighted)

Characteristics	Routine episiotomy (1353)		Selective episiotomy (4125)		P
	n	%	n	%
Severe perineal laceration	3	0.23	2	0.04	< 0.05
Term labor	375	27.7	1462	35.43	< 0.05
Doula	127	9.4	2622	63.55	< 0.05
Meconium	96	7.09	283	6.87	0.78
Placenta accreta	24	1.8	88	2.14	0.44
Incompletely uterine rupture	1	0.08	7	0.17	0.44
Episiotomy	1107	81.84	1384	33.55	< 0.05
Postpartum hemorrhage	48	3.52	68	1.65	< 0.05
Transfusion	6	0.48	14	0.35	0.48
Puerperal infection	3	0.19	20	0.48	0.15
Vacuum or forceps delivery	66	4.90	184	4.48	0.22